Home Server

[Tomm]

Hey,

I have been planning to setup a home server for some time now but over the weekend I have been putting my plan into action. Basically it is my old computer running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition as an Active Directory Services domain controller.

Specs:

AMD Athlon X2 4600+
2GB RAM
250GB HD
(I removed the graphics card to conserve power)

All the computers in the house are hooked up to the server and take advantage of Active Directory. Basically anyone in the house can logon to any computer and access all their documents, settings, etc - Bit like at your school for example. I am planning to add the ability to VPN into the server so I can access my files while I am away.

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Thanks,

Tom

[Jamieb]

Nice... We got this... I could not live without home server

[Lycan]

Not sure what the point in the thread was... been there done that


But i guess Congrats to you

[Recursion]

Now do it with a Linux OS for the server

[24]

Wow Cool. Looks like somert id like to experiment with, but would probably end up going completely wrong as id have no clue what to do.
Any Min. specs on what you can run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on, its just i have an old comp but i mean old like 80gb HDD old. lol.

[Tomm]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...uirements.aspx

Wow Cool. Looks like somert id like to experiment with, but would probably end up going completely wrong as id have no clue what to do.
Any Min. specs on what you can run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on, its just i have an old comp but i mean old like 80gb HDD old. lol.

[Recursion]

But never believe Microsoft's minimum requirments k?

[Jamesy]

But never believe anyone's minimum requirments k?

Fixed.

[24]

Right TY. All. Im gonna have a go, just for a laugh over the summer seen as though my exams finish on May 16th and ill have nothing else to do lol.
Where did you get your copy of Windows Server 2008 from if you dont mind me asking

[d17c]

I've been thinking of setting up something similar, how difficult is it to set up?